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My name is Guillaume, I am originally from France and I have spent a large part of my life living in the UK, which is where I became fluent in English. Learning a new language is challenging, but it is also extremely rewarding. It has allowed me to travel to numerous places, build meaningful relationships all around the world, and follow a bright career path. I studied life sciences at some of the world's most prestigious universities, including University College London and the University of Oxford, and conducted fieldwork in places as diverse as Madagascar, India, West Africa, and the Americas.

I have been teaching French since 2010, and have also applied my methodologies to teach English as a foreign language in Paris. When not teaching languages, I also work as a scientist in the field of wildlife biology. I enjoy playing music (guitar, piano and clarinet), and I am a fervent jazz enthusiast. I also love travelling, and I have a passion for wildlife photography.

My teaching is based on Thematic Learning, which involves designing a curriculum based on topics that are of interest to the student. I find this approach to greatly improve the learning experience, and allows the student to combine language learning with other topics.

I spend the first lesson evaluating the level of students, and we discuss key learning goals e.g. focusing on grammar, conversational skills, or preparing for a language test. We also discuss topics of interest, which will help in the design of subsequent lessons. Each course is therefore adapted to the student's personal interests, learning goals, and language proficiency.

Subsequent lessons are always structured in the following way: lesson recap, learning, and practice. We spend some time applying what was learned during the previous lesson using new content, we then discover a new topic through guided exercises, and we finally practice based on 'real-world' situations. I speak as much as possible in the target language.

For online lessons, I use Powerpoint slides which can be downloaded by the student as pdf.